Letter to DOL urging withdrawal or modification of RIN 1210-AB95
In July 2020 Inherent Group CEO/CIO Tony Davis wrote to Assistant Secretary Wilson regarding the proposed Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration’s rule, Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments, Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) number 1210-AB95. He expressed concern … Read More 
Inherent’s CEO Tony Davis with Ted Seides on Sustainable Investing
In June 2020 Ted Seides invited CEO/CIO Tony Davis to discuss the formation of Inherent Group and its approach to investing as part of the Capital Allocators series on Sustainable Investing. The conversation covers Tony’s early career experience at … Read More
Inherent’s PM Nikhil Mirchandani on ESG credit investing with CFA Society
In May 2020, CFA Society New York’s Sustainable Investing Group invited Nikhil Mirchandani to discuss Inherent’s investment approach, which incorporates Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into every stage of its process from sourcing to underwriting to engagement and … Read More
Inherent’s CEO Tony Davis on HBS Climate Conference Panel
In a Harvard Business School (HBS) panel discussion March 4, 2020 titled Uncovering and Pricing Climate Risk in Long-Term Investments moderated by George Serafeim of HBS, Wendy Cromwell of Wellington, Tony Davis of Inherent Group, Audrey Choi of Morgan Stanley, … Read More
Inherent Group Joins Investors Urging the Business Community to Lead on COVID-19 Response
Inherent Group, LP is among the group of 250+ investor signatories representing over $6.4 trillion in assets under management with global exposure across capital markets to the Investor Statement on Coronavirus response led by Domini Impact Investments LLC, Interfaith … Read More
Hedge Funds Push Deeper Into ESG as More Products Come Online
Inherent Group is featured in this article on alternative strategies and ESG integration: For Tony Davis, the route to ESG investing came after a successful run as the co-founder of Anchorage Capital Group… Davis describes [Inherent Group] as an … Read More
ESG as a Value-Creation Tool for Active Investors: A Profile of Inherent Group
At Inherent Group, we integrate an ESG framework throughout our investment process in pursuit of superior risk-adjusted returns. This article for the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance offers a detailed look at why we take this approach and how … Read More
The Sustainability Business Case: Changing the Conversation between Companies and Investors
Companies and investors are increasingly engaging on sustainability. The recent moves on climate issues made by Royal Dutch Shell, Glencore, and BP show how investor pressure (and in particular the Climate Action 100+ investor group) is helping shape corporate … Read More
Inherent Innovation: Financing Education via Pursuit Bonds
Inherent Foundation helped create and invested in an innovative financing structure called Pursuit Bonds, which are helping provide workforce training to those with great potential and great need via the Pursuit organization. ‘So far, the graduate placement rate exceeds … Read More
The Third Dimension
Over the coming year, global capital markets may face a trio of torpedoes in the water: slowing growth, rising interest rates, and net aggregate withdrawal of liquidity by the world’s major central banks. Value-oriented managers are looking forward to … Read More
Milken Institute Panel: “The Evolution of ESG and Asset Management”
On December 4, 2018, Tony spoke at the Milken Institute’s London Summit on a panel entitled “The Evolution of ESG and Asset Management.” The panel, moderated by Marisa Drew of Credit Suisse, included representatives from CDPQ London, Shenkman Capital, … Read More
SDG Investor Seminar
On December 3, 2018, Tony spoke at the Morgan Stanley SDG Investor Seminar. (The SDGs are the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.) Tony discussed how Inherent integrates the SDGs into our investment process, primarily using them as a way to … Read More
Inherent Group Joins Open Letter to SEC Regarding Shareholder Proposal Rule 14a-8
On November 13, Inherent Group joined with other investors representing nearly $570 billion of assets under management in signing an open letter to Mr. Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, urging the SEC to maintain Rule … Read More
Despite Headlines, US Climate Policy Advances
Mid-term election results showed that decarbonization remains a second-tier issue for most voters. Initiative 1631, a carbon tax in Washington State was defeated, the second time the Washington electorate voted no on a carbon tax. In addition, Carlos Curbelo, … Read More
Inherent Group Joins Open Letter to New GE CEO
Inherent Group joined a group of investors in signing an open letter, released today, to Mr. Lawrence Culp, the new CEO of General Electric. The letter urges GE to invest more in the development and deployment of clean power … Read More
ESG Can Improve Corporate and Investment Performance
There’s long been a debate about the role of business in society, which I’ll address in a later post. For now, let’s stick with related question of whether it pays for an investor to focus on ESG. There’s a … Read More
Death by Survey
Over the past year we have spoken with dozens of companies about ESG performance and disclosure. Sustainability teams are thinly staffed and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of surveys, requests for information, and the alphabet soup of reporting frameworks … Read More
Spear’s Magazine: “The New Capitalism: Has Wealth Found a New Conscience?”
Tony Davis is quoted in a piece by Emelia Hamilton Russell in Spear’s Magazine entitled “The New Capitalism: Has Wealth Found a New Conscience?” She discusses the rapid growth in assets invested in impact-related strategies and how capitalism is … Read More
Knowledge@Wharton Podcast: “How to Drive Competitive Returns with Impact Investing”
On January 23, 2018, Tony Davis participated in a Knowledge@Wharton podcast entitled “How to Drive Competitive Returns with Impact Investing.” He discussed how Inherent Group incorporates material ESG factors into its investment process, his personal investing approach, and Inherent … Read More
Milken Institute Panel: “Impact Investing: Where Are the Deals?”
On May 3, 2016, Tony Davis spoke at the Milken Institute on a panel entitled “Impact Investing: Where are the Deals?” Moderated by Amit Bouri, CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), panelists describe a range of approaches … Read More
